Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.

Tradizione tedesca · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Aller Anfang ist schwer, sprach der Dieb und zuerst stahl einen Amboß.

Every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.

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